September 2010

2010 Stats and Trends: UK Affiliate Marketing

Last month Enconsultancy released its “Affiliate Marketing Buyer’s Guide 2010”. This 140-pager “provides details on the issues and trends affecting this £4.6 billion sector, as well as information about best practice and tips for choosing a suitable supplier”, and today I have finally found some time to browse through it. […]

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Google Instant and Its Impact on Affiliate Marketing

Only a couple of hours have passed since Google’s introduction and  announcement of Google Instant, but the digital marketing world is already quite stirred up over it; and the palette range goes all the way from concern to amazement… Affiliate marketers are obviously directly affected as well. But how exactly?

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Set Achievable Goals and Look Beyond Extrinsic Rewards

Those who follow my blog, magazine articles, and conference presentations know how fascinated I am with the subject of motivation, especially when it comes to effective motivation of such a unique “workforce” as affiliates. Needless to say why a post published on Econsultancy.com yesterday has immediately drawn my attention —

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19 Pieces of Marketing Wisdom from the Grateful Dead

David Meerman Scott has a new book out. It is co-authored with Brian Halligan of HubSpot, and entitled “Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead: What every business can learn from the most iconic bank in history”. I’ve had a chance to read it cover-to-cover on my transatlantic flight a couple

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Best Practices for Affiliate Commission Reversals

Reversals happen. They happen to merchants, and by extension, they hit affiliates too. Of course, affiliates love programs with “no reversals” policies, but if you, as a merchant, aren’t ready to offer one, I strongly encourage you to at least stick to the following 3 best practices: 1) Locking Periods

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Are You Analyzing Your Mobile Traffic?

Good thing Dave Chaffey tweeted a link to Gary Robinson’s Your 60 Second Mobile Review post yesterday. I got hooked on this immediately, and was indulging myself in the analysis of my site’s mobile visitors literally seconds after reading Gary’s post. My Observations: Approximately 3.5% of visitors view my website

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